Crap like this is why people like those managers are able to get away with what they did. The challenger blew up because the engineer in the room kept vetoing

Crap like this is why people like those managers are able to get away with what they did. The challenger blew up because the engineer in the room kept vetoing due to the cold temperatures and he was pressured to stop vetoing, which he did. Feynmans point about the safety factor was a side-point about the general attitude that allowed them to feel safe to put politics in front of nature. This is WHY he made his infamous quote. > For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled The safety factor is what they were claiming to the public and what they used to convince a teacher it was safe, but has absolutely nothing to do with why the challenger disaster happened.